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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-685-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: 2015-323-FA

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner

Information Specialist(s): Curt Storlazzi

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy wave/tide gauges to measure waves and water levels over coral reefs.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Buck Island, USVI

End Port/Location: Buck Island, USVI

Start Date: 2015-10-20

End Date: 2015-10-23

Equipment Used: GPS, Moorings - Tripods

Information to be Derived: water level, wave height, wave period

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Instrumentation was deployed on the reef.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: St Pete FAN 2015-323-FA; data in Santa Cruz FAN 2015-685-FA.
Curt Storlazzi info project number GX15ZP00FRV0000
Filled out by Carol Reiss so Curt could get a FAN to initiate travel.

Location:

Buck Island, USVI

Boundaries
North: 17.79887128 South: 17.77483611 West: -64.6429 East: -64.59130166

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Toth, L.T., Storlazzi, C.D., Kuffner, I.B., Quataert, E., Reyns, J., McCall, R., Stathakopoulos, A., Hillis-Starr, Z., Holloway, N.H., Ewen, K.A., Pollock, C.G., Code, T., Aronson, R.B., 2023, The potential for coral reef restoration to mitigate coastal flooding as sea levels rise: Nature Communications, v. 14 no. 1, 2313 p., doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37858-2.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Moorings - Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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